Polla De Potrillos (Peru)
Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos or Polla de Potrillos may refer to any one of several horse races: * Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos (Argentina) * Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos (Uruguay) The Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos is a Conditions races, Group I Flat racing, flat race for three-year-old colts and geldings, run over a distance of 1600 metres every September in Hipodromo Nacional de Maroñas, Maroñas racetrack in Montevideo, U ...

Gran Premio Polla De Potrillos (Argentina)
The Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos is a Group 1 flat horse race in Argentina open to three-year-old colts run over a distance of at Hipódromo Argentino de Palermo. It is the first race in the Argentinian Triple Crown, and equivalent to the English 2000 Guineas Stakes. It is considered one of the principle races in defining the champion three-year-old colt, and generally occurs in September, near the beginning of a horse's three-year-old season. History The Gran Premio Polla de Potrillos was first run in 1895, and has been run every year since then. Since its inauguration, its distance, surface, and location have not changed. In 1966, champion racehorse Forli won the race by 17 lengths in record time of 1:33 2/5. Due to the less accurate clocks of the time that only measured to a fifth of a second, this time may or may not be equivalent to the current speed record of 1:33.20. Since 2016, the race has been run in conjunction with the Horse Parade art show, to promote the art ...
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